Land Use Data for Latitude -18.25 Longitude -57.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Pantanal ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Plinthosols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.